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In 2016, Trump Claimed Obama Founded ISIS. 2 Days Later: 'I Was Being Sarcastic'

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David Emery
March 23, 2024 Trump called then-President Barack Obama the "founder of Isis" and Hillary Clinton the group's " ...
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Was the Manchester Terror Attack a 'False Flag'?

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Bethania Palma
May 24, 2017 A viral conspiracy video has emerged spreading a false rumor that a suicide bombing attack at an ...
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Were an American Couple Killed by ISIS While Trying to 'Prove Humans Are Kind'?

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Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2018 A widely-shared article potentially confused some readers about the motives of a couple murdered ...
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Was a New Zealand Farmer Arrested for Selling Sheep as Sex Slaves to the Islamic State?

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David Emery
May 29, 2018 A "satirical" article that manages to malign Islam, New Zealanders, and sheep all in the same br ...
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Barack Obama in Florida.

Did a Captured Islamic State Leader Have Barack Obama On Speed Dial?

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Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2018 A "satirical" site claimed that the unlocked iPhone of an Islamic State operative contained the ...
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Was the Suspected Florida High School Shooter Affiliated with the Islamic State?

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Dan MacGuill
Feb. 15, 2018 Despite conspiracy theorist speculation, no evidence supports a link between Nikolas Cruz and Is ...
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Did Federal Agents Raid a Mosque in Michigan?

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Dan MacGuill
Jan. 11, 2018 A prolific purveyor of "satire" publishes yet another false article that plays on fear and hatred.
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Did ISIS Call for the Assassination of Barron Trump?

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Dan Evon
Nov. 22, 2017 A message on the Telegram app from an "ISIS supporter" used a hashtag translated to "handle the ...
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Islamic State's Claim of Responsibility for Las Vegas Shooting Confounds Experts

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Alex Kasprak
Oct. 2, 2017 The claim, originating from what is effectively a propaganda arm of the Islamic State, lacks cre ...
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There is a whatsapp group called' Interschools, if invited, don't join the group, it belongs to Daesh(ISIS). If you join the group you will not be able to exit from it, be vigilant, please inform others. My dear send it to your relatives and children on whatsapp so that they will also be careful.

'Interschools' WhatsApp Group Warning

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Kim LaCapria
June 5, 2017 A warning about a WhatsApp group called 'Interschools' and its connection to ISIS is a hoax.
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Did Ariana Grande Defile the American Flag?

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Kim LaCapria
May 23, 2017 Following a 22 May 2017 tragedy in Manchester, a photoshopped image of Ariana Grande defiling an ...
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Two Explosions That Killed at Least 45 Egyptian Christians

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Bethania Palma
April 9, 2017 The blasts in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria targeted Coptic Christian churches dur ...
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Did ISIS Murder 250 Children with a Dough Kneader?

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Kim LaCapria
Feb. 9, 2017 Multiple online sources aggregated a secondhand claim that ISIS operatives had killed 250 Syrian ...
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Ohio State University Staffer Asked for Sympathy for Campus Attacker

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Bethania Palma
Dec. 1, 2016 An OSU employee is accused of urging compassion in a since-deleted Facebook post about suspected ...
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Millions of Muslims March Against the Islamic State?

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Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016 Reports that millions of Muslims protested against ISIS and that the news media ignored the even ...
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Hillary Clinton 'Accidentally' Gave ISIS $400 Million

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Bethania Palma
Nov. 3, 2016 A nonsensical claim conflates a $400 million Obama administration payment to Iran with a non-exi ...
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ISIS Leader Calls for American Muslim Voters to Support Hillary Clinton

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2016 A fake news item reported that ISIS' second-in-command had urged Muslim-Americans to vote for Hi ...
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WikiLeaks Confirms Hillary Clinton Sold Weapons to ISIS?

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Kim LaCapria
Oct. 13, 2016 As WikiLeaks released several batches of e-mails in October 2016, partisans claimed they confir ...
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Report: ISIS Issues Fatwa Against Breeding Cats in Mosul, Iraq

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David Emery
Oct. 8, 2016 An Iraqi news agency reported that the Islamic State's central fatwa committee issued a decree p ...
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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Calls for Americans to Respect and Empathize with ISIS?

Written by:
David Emery
Sept. 19, 2016 A 10-second clip from a 2014 speech by Hillary Clinton has been misrepresented as an instance of ...
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